Permit delays events planned in Seattle, Spokane and Tri Cities until next year

Updated 11:24 am, Wednesday, August 5, 2015

In this July 4, 2015, photo, a woman smiles as she slides along South State Street on the University of Michigan campus during Slide the City, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Dominic Valente/Detroit News via AP)

In this July 4, 2015, photo, a woman smiles as she slides along South State Street on the University of Michigan campus during Slide the City, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Dominic Valente/Detroit News via AP)

Photo: Dominic Valente, AP

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Slide the City in action.

Slide the City in action.

Photo: Slide The City

Giant water slide not coming to Seattle this year

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A 1,000-foot water slide that was planned to take over lower Queen Anne Aug. 16 has been cancelled until next year, organizers announced Wednesday.

The Slide the City event was planned for Aug. 16, but permitting delays with the state and King County health departments forced organizers to call it quits for this year's massive water slide event, according to a release from the company.

Slide the City also cancelled planned stops in Spokane and Tri-Cities this summer.

"All three cities have been great to work with, and I was disappointed when I realized the events had to be postponed," said Rachel Thomas, event director for Slide the City.

Seattle's slide would have been set up along Mercer Street between Warren Avenue North and Fourth Avenue North, and could have provided the chance for 5,000 to 6,000 people to tackle what is probably the world's largest slip'n'slide.

But the company plans to offer an even larger slide next year, Thomas said in the release. Plans will continue for an event next summer that will include music, vendors, giveaways and more.

Tickets for this year's slide would have run $25 and up, depending on when people registered and what kind of package they chose.